Cost and size. Connectors take both, and in a price and space constrained thing like a laptop - which tend to be more "disposable" in terms of longevity than desktops - it's simply a better choice to solder the graphics chip on to the motherboard.
Note too that laptop motherboard chipsets tend to have the most integrated peripherals, compared to desktops - integrated video, LAN, ports, etc. simply because of the need to save space.
But is the latency slower than connecting at 26 kbps? I'll take a 500 msec latency hit if my average throughput is 200 kbps, rather than 26 kbps with 50 msec latency. Maybe I can't game, but I can get a ton more information and overall throughput.
The other experience has to do with going to trade shows in Union towns. Yea it is so helpful for me to have to pay $100 for some union hack to bring me an orange extension cord.
It goes beyond that... I used to exhibit at CES (10 years in a row - this was the first year I didn't show). I couldn't carry ANYTHING on to the floor without being challenged - it had to be union labor loading and unloading boxes into our booth (never mind I built all the gear being loaded). Expect a $1500 bill for the drop off and pick up of the boxes. When it would have taken my crew and I literally 20 minutes to load or unload a single, 11 passenger van with all the boxes (we know, we pre-set the show in a taped off area of our warehouse, then loaded the van and drove the products to our crating company).
And power? Not just the cord cost - you had to PAY an electrician to plug in your outlets! At the 2003 and 2004 CES shows, I was a Nevada state licensed power engineer (with my PE). I was licensed by the STATE to actually design and sign off on the electrical network in the building! But heaven forbid I dare plug a power strip into an outlet - why, only a UNION electrician could do that!
Bottom line - whether companies keep Vista on a desktop or not, Microsoft sold the license. They got the money for the product. They sell a LOT of Vista licenses. A lot more than iPhones.
It's bizarre to live in a world where millions of people go gaga about guys who wear funny hats, paying attention to what they say as if it were important.
I agree... All those rappers with their hats on crooked really have nothing important to say!
You cannot mark as fascists people that disagree with you, expecially if they are fighting for freedom, science and equal rights.
If they just disagree, no they're not fascists. If they riot, use force, intimidation and threats of violence to keep you from expressing your opinions that others want to hear, then yes that is fascist. Regardless of the "nobility" of your goals.
For around $25K, you too can have your own CES Innovations award! Having exhibited my own products at CES for many years, I can tell you that you:
1. Pony up around $2,500 to "submit" your product for evaluation
2. Pony up another $5,000 when your product is chosen to be a "semi-finalist"
3. Pony up another $7,500 when your product is chosen to be a "finalist"
4. Pony up another $10,000 when you are chosen a winner, to cover "marketing expenses"
5. Profit (for CES and, presumably, you via marketing)
Inside most of the CE industries, CES Innovations awards are ignored - they mean nothing because everyone knows you can buy one. Just if you want the press or marketing exposure (so the BB/CC sales drone can move your product - it's an Award Winner!) it's worth the $$$. If you don't need it, don't pay.
That said, traffic at CES was noticeably down this year. LV wasn't as crowded, the floors were more open, and many areas - like the Venetian and Hilton - had a LOT of empty space. Lots of companies are dropping out of attending CES simply because it's gotten way too expensive to show at, and it simply has lost focus on what made it big back in the day - entertainment CE products.
More importantly, say MS is forced to remove IE from Windows in the EU - how the heck does the average user then go and download Firefox or Opera? Use an FTP client? Well, MS will get forced to unbundle that too...
After seeing the effects of the forced Windows XP-N (without WMP included) racking up a massive 1,800 worldwide sales, well, I think there are some basic misconceptions in the "MS is teh sux0r" crowd. Apparently for most people, IE and WMP are acceptable, and when given a choice - as demanded by that roiling crowd - most people will choose to use IE and WMP. XP-N sales kind of prove the point...
Complain about standards compliance, sure. But the way to push for standards compliance isn't to remove the very item that the public wants, and make it nearly impossible for them to access (no browser, no FTP client, how do you get Firefox or Opera?). MS allows manufacturers to preload other applications now, nothing that I know of is stopping Dell, HP, Compaq or others from preloading Firefox or Opera.
Perhaps - just perhaps - HP, Dell, Compaq, and the other manufacturers have found their customers prefer IE or WMP?
There was a time - about 7 to 8 years ago - when people did go out and choose to download Internet Explorer rather than Netscape or other options. It won because it was free, not because it was pre-loaded on the computer.
I take it you haven't flown in a while... My current annual average is one flight a week (leave in 10 hours for two more). You can carry liquids, as long as it's no more than 3 bottles of 3 ounces each, and they are in a clear, 1 quart bag.
And I haven't had to turn on my laptop in years. Yes, it needs to be out of case to be scanned separately, but you don't need to turn it on.
Coats off, shoes off, computer out of bag, everything through the X ray machine. Empty your pockets of all ferrous items, and if you have a belt with a large buckle (small buckles aren't a problem), take it off. Walk through the metal detector, collect your belongings, and go.
So before you get all pissed off at everyone in the world, try taking a deep breath and finding out the real issue (the FAA is nervous, when in fact the separation of networks is solid - I know several lazy B engineers in the avionics group, it's a non-issue) and finding out just what security at airports is really like.
99% is more than acceptable in King County, state of Washington... In fact, the county executive is on record stating that an error rate of 1.5% is "accuracy any bank would envy"...
Which also means they can NEVER create anything new, since that would "force" adoption of a new technology... So you're saying Microsoft should never do anything unless it's been done by someone before, and they merely copy other solutions. Yeah, that's a good way to regulate businesses... Let's stifle innovation!
I travel a lot for my career, and in fact just returned from China with a few colleagues (CES starting in 4 days and all). The grilling I get entering other countries is a LOT less than what my colleagues received entering the US.
Does the US entry suck? Yes, it does. But in my experience in the last year when I entered Canada (driving across the border at Sumas), China, Japan, Chile, France, the UK, Indonesia and Russia I got a lot more scrutiny and more of the "ass raping treatment" you complain about that what I witnessed today how 3 Chinese nationals were treated on entering the US.
Guess what - countries LIKE to know and control who's coming into the territories, and if you think the US is unique then you haven't traveled much in the last 5 years...
But that's OK, it's hip and oh-so-chic to rag on the US. Shows how progressive and enlightened you are!
Exactly... People don't really "get" just how much cash MS has. Tens of billions in liquid assets, making over a billion dollars A MONTH, owning tens of billions of other assets. And not a penny of debt.
That said, Google is the threat because they actually make money, meaning they can effectively penetrate other markets. To grow, you need to either exist in a growing market, or take a larger and larger chunk of your existing stable market, or expand into new markets. All of which take capital to accomplish.
Contrary to many OSS-fans' beliefs, just making a better mousetrap doesn't guarantee success. You have to actually market, distribute, and place the software and that's the one area that OSS/free software will always fall short. Economics - no money to do so...
If I wake up at 3 AM because someone is rummaging around my house I really don't think it's out of line to assume they're planning to do something bad to my person or effects...
Playing twenty questions in a situation like that often results in them giving a 21 gun salute for you...
It's different - I've replicated this failure at my house... The nice thing about WHS for JQP is that it automatically backs up files (like Carbonite) - you don't have to DO anything other than connect, and WHS will do your backup.
If I edit a document on my laptop, WHS saves it. Then I edit the local file again, and WHS does an incremental backup. No problem at all restoring either copy from WHS.
Now, if I browse to the WHS and edit the copy that IT has, then I'm screwed.
Moral of the story - use your backup FOR backup. Editing files on the backup is a no-no...
And for the record, WHS works really well, is very flexible (you can mount any media and it lumps it all into a single virtual drive), is simple to administrate, automatically backs up any computer on the local network, and even acts as a remote web server for restoring/retrieving files across the Internet.
It's really not a bad little product. Is it enterprise class? Heck no, but it nicely bridges the gap between using products like Norton Ghost on each machine, and full-blown WAN servers for enterprises. For homes or small offices of non-techies (like up to 15 machines), I'd say it's a pretty good solution.
Now I have blister where boogers used to be and coffee flavored boogers in my keyboard.
I assume you're just assuming they're coffee flavored? But since this is geek-central on slashdot, It doesn't rule out the possibility that you HAVE confirmed they're coffee flavored...
No, I expect that if I'm offending or irritating people they will tell me. And I'll take that into consideration next time I'm in a social setting.
One of the reasons the US culture is considered so rude (especially to those living in Asia - I travel there a lot) is because of the blatant disregard of others around us. Loud cell phone calls, public swearing, etc. Sometimes a little consideration of those around you will go a LONG way, and being called out on rude behavior shouldn't be seen as a slight or "restriction" on your freedoms, but a correction to just raise the general civility of civilization.
Now, in a bar, I'd have no problem with swearing or swimsuit calendars on the wall. Adult theater, no problem with porn.
In the McDonald's playroom? Not a chance. Cursing up a storm in a preschool? Not a chance.
Common courtesy calls for you to voluntarily restrain your own urges in consideration of those around you. In fact, I believe a lot of the "morality" laws that have sprung up in the last 20 years are precisely because of the emphasis on "I'll do what I like when I want and how I want" me-first mentality that's taken root in the US. If you're going to roll through my neighborhood at 1 AM with your stereo blasting away about niggaz poppin caps in yo ass, then I'm gonna lobby to get loud stereos regulated and get you ticketed. It's not about restricting your freedoms, it's about respecting those of society at large.
Nope. Get above 0.15% carbon or so and you lose almost all the magnetic properties of iron. It's one reason that loudspeakers are made with low carbon steel (usually 1006, 1008, or 1010 grade) since you get too much carbon and the flux no longer flows well, meaning you need a LOT more magnet and a higher grade magnet to get the same flux in the gap.
It's called common courtesy. Ever hear of it? If you can't wait for your 4 hour flight to end before you get to get off watching porn you have bigger problems.
I swear, the biggest problem with society today is the "OMGWTFBBQ MY RIGHTS MY RIGHTS SCREW YOU!" attitude. Sometimes you simply CONTROL your own urges and desires for a few hours to make society flow a bit better...
Don't swear in public, don't watch porn within eye or earshot of kids, and say "pardon me", "hello", and "good day". It'll make everyone's life better.
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Note too that laptop motherboard chipsets tend to have the most integrated peripherals, compared to desktops - integrated video, LAN, ports, etc. simply because of the need to save space.
But is the latency slower than connecting at 26 kbps? I'll take a 500 msec latency hit if my average throughput is 200 kbps, rather than 26 kbps with 50 msec latency. Maybe I can't game, but I can get a ton more information and overall throughput.
Yes, they have special schools for these unfortunate people. The schools are called MBA schools and the people are called upper management.
It goes beyond that... I used to exhibit at CES (10 years in a row - this was the first year I didn't show). I couldn't carry ANYTHING on to the floor without being challenged - it had to be union labor loading and unloading boxes into our booth (never mind I built all the gear being loaded). Expect a $1500 bill for the drop off and pick up of the boxes. When it would have taken my crew and I literally 20 minutes to load or unload a single, 11 passenger van with all the boxes (we know, we pre-set the show in a taped off area of our warehouse, then loaded the van and drove the products to our crating company).
And power? Not just the cord cost - you had to PAY an electrician to plug in your outlets! At the 2003 and 2004 CES shows, I was a Nevada state licensed power engineer (with my PE). I was licensed by the STATE to actually design and sign off on the electrical network in the building! But heaven forbid I dare plug a power strip into an outlet - why, only a UNION electrician could do that!
Bottom line - whether companies keep Vista on a desktop or not, Microsoft sold the license. They got the money for the product. They sell a LOT of Vista licenses. A lot more than iPhones.
Abe Vigoda's became Standard Age Units about the time he started on the stage. Around 1164 AD, IIRC...
I agree... All those rappers with their hats on crooked really have nothing important to say!
If they just disagree, no they're not fascists. If they riot, use force, intimidation and threats of violence to keep you from expressing your opinions that others want to hear, then yes that is fascist. Regardless of the "nobility" of your goals.
1. Pony up around $2,500 to "submit" your product for evaluation
2. Pony up another $5,000 when your product is chosen to be a "semi-finalist"
3. Pony up another $7,500 when your product is chosen to be a "finalist"
4. Pony up another $10,000 when you are chosen a winner, to cover "marketing expenses"
5. Profit (for CES and, presumably, you via marketing)
Inside most of the CE industries, CES Innovations awards are ignored - they mean nothing because everyone knows you can buy one. Just if you want the press or marketing exposure (so the BB/CC sales drone can move your product - it's an Award Winner!) it's worth the $$$. If you don't need it, don't pay.
That said, traffic at CES was noticeably down this year. LV wasn't as crowded, the floors were more open, and many areas - like the Venetian and Hilton - had a LOT of empty space. Lots of companies are dropping out of attending CES simply because it's gotten way too expensive to show at, and it simply has lost focus on what made it big back in the day - entertainment CE products.
After seeing the effects of the forced Windows XP-N (without WMP included) racking up a massive 1,800 worldwide sales, well, I think there are some basic misconceptions in the "MS is teh sux0r" crowd. Apparently for most people, IE and WMP are acceptable, and when given a choice - as demanded by that roiling crowd - most people will choose to use IE and WMP. XP-N sales kind of prove the point...
Complain about standards compliance, sure. But the way to push for standards compliance isn't to remove the very item that the public wants, and make it nearly impossible for them to access (no browser, no FTP client, how do you get Firefox or Opera?). MS allows manufacturers to preload other applications now, nothing that I know of is stopping Dell, HP, Compaq or others from preloading Firefox or Opera.
Perhaps - just perhaps - HP, Dell, Compaq, and the other manufacturers have found their customers prefer IE or WMP?
There was a time - about 7 to 8 years ago - when people did go out and choose to download Internet Explorer rather than Netscape or other options. It won because it was free, not because it was pre-loaded on the computer.
And I haven't had to turn on my laptop in years. Yes, it needs to be out of case to be scanned separately, but you don't need to turn it on.
Coats off, shoes off, computer out of bag, everything through the X ray machine. Empty your pockets of all ferrous items, and if you have a belt with a large buckle (small buckles aren't a problem), take it off. Walk through the metal detector, collect your belongings, and go.
So before you get all pissed off at everyone in the world, try taking a deep breath and finding out the real issue (the FAA is nervous, when in fact the separation of networks is solid - I know several lazy B engineers in the avionics group, it's a non-issue) and finding out just what security at airports is really like.
99% is more than acceptable in King County, state of Washington... In fact, the county executive is on record stating that an error rate of 1.5% is "accuracy any bank would envy"...
There is no dark matter really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
So then explain the whole Microsoft and Windows Media Player thing. Or the Windows and Internet Explorer thing.
Which also means they can NEVER create anything new, since that would "force" adoption of a new technology... So you're saying Microsoft should never do anything unless it's been done by someone before, and they merely copy other solutions. Yeah, that's a good way to regulate businesses... Let's stifle innovation!
Does the US entry suck? Yes, it does. But in my experience in the last year when I entered Canada (driving across the border at Sumas), China, Japan, Chile, France, the UK, Indonesia and Russia I got a lot more scrutiny and more of the "ass raping treatment" you complain about that what I witnessed today how 3 Chinese nationals were treated on entering the US.
Guess what - countries LIKE to know and control who's coming into the territories, and if you think the US is unique then you haven't traveled much in the last 5 years...
But that's OK, it's hip and oh-so-chic to rag on the US. Shows how progressive and enlightened you are!
I finally changed my mind that 2007 will be the Year of Linux on the Desktop...
That said, Google is the threat because they actually make money, meaning they can effectively penetrate other markets. To grow, you need to either exist in a growing market, or take a larger and larger chunk of your existing stable market, or expand into new markets. All of which take capital to accomplish.
Contrary to many OSS-fans' beliefs, just making a better mousetrap doesn't guarantee success. You have to actually market, distribute, and place the software and that's the one area that OSS/free software will always fall short. Economics - no money to do so...
If I wake up at 3 AM because someone is rummaging around my house I really don't think it's out of line to assume they're planning to do something bad to my person or effects...
Playing twenty questions in a situation like that often results in them giving a 21 gun salute for you...
If I edit a document on my laptop, WHS saves it. Then I edit the local file again, and WHS does an incremental backup. No problem at all restoring either copy from WHS.
Now, if I browse to the WHS and edit the copy that IT has, then I'm screwed.
Moral of the story - use your backup FOR backup. Editing files on the backup is a no-no...
And for the record, WHS works really well, is very flexible (you can mount any media and it lumps it all into a single virtual drive), is simple to administrate, automatically backs up any computer on the local network, and even acts as a remote web server for restoring/retrieving files across the Internet.
It's really not a bad little product. Is it enterprise class? Heck no, but it nicely bridges the gap between using products like Norton Ghost on each machine, and full-blown WAN servers for enterprises. For homes or small offices of non-techies (like up to 15 machines), I'd say it's a pretty good solution.
I assume you're just assuming they're coffee flavored? But since this is geek-central on slashdot, It doesn't rule out the possibility that you HAVE confirmed they're coffee flavored...
One of the reasons the US culture is considered so rude (especially to those living in Asia - I travel there a lot) is because of the blatant disregard of others around us. Loud cell phone calls, public swearing, etc. Sometimes a little consideration of those around you will go a LONG way, and being called out on rude behavior shouldn't be seen as a slight or "restriction" on your freedoms, but a correction to just raise the general civility of civilization.
Now, in a bar, I'd have no problem with swearing or swimsuit calendars on the wall. Adult theater, no problem with porn.
In the McDonald's playroom? Not a chance. Cursing up a storm in a preschool? Not a chance.
Common courtesy calls for you to voluntarily restrain your own urges in consideration of those around you. In fact, I believe a lot of the "morality" laws that have sprung up in the last 20 years are precisely because of the emphasis on "I'll do what I like when I want and how I want" me-first mentality that's taken root in the US. If you're going to roll through my neighborhood at 1 AM with your stereo blasting away about niggaz poppin caps in yo ass, then I'm gonna lobby to get loud stereos regulated and get you ticketed. It's not about restricting your freedoms, it's about respecting those of society at large.
And yes, I am a loudspeaker engineer... ;)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I swear, the biggest problem with society today is the "OMGWTFBBQ MY RIGHTS MY RIGHTS SCREW YOU!" attitude. Sometimes you simply CONTROL your own urges and desires for a few hours to make society flow a bit better...
Don't swear in public, don't watch porn within eye or earshot of kids, and say "pardon me", "hello", and "good day". It'll make everyone's life better.
And with that - MERRY CHRISTMAS!